Obertan starts for Reserves
United fans can finally get a glimpse of summer signing Gabriel Obertan in action tonight, as he lines up for the Reserves in a Manchester Senior Cup tie against Oldham Athletic.

The French winger has been sidelined with spine trouble since his move from Bordeaux, but will start for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side at Hyde United's Ewen Fields as he aims to kickstart his Reds career.

Brazilian full-back Rafael also returns from injury, having sufficiently recovered from shoulder trouble, and he is joined by brother Fabio, Scott Wootton and Oliver Gill in defence. Ben Amos will keep goal.

Matty James, Sam Hewson, Oliver Norwood and Robbie Brady make up the remainder of the midfield with Obertan, while Febian Brandy will lead the line as a lone striker.

Triallist goalkeeper Daniel Lloyd-Western will be on the substitutes' bench, alongside William Keane, Magnus Eikrem and Joshua King.

The match kicks-off at 19:00 BST, with MUTV's live and exclusive coverage beginning at 18:30 BST.

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Can't wait to see Obertan play - pitty there is only Brandy starting up top - very defensive. Also a pitty that neither Eikrem nor King are starting.

Not our strongest team but should be very interesting to see Obertan. I like Ole's style of management he really is ensuring every player is getting a fair chance to impress, thats all the youngsters need. Must be good for morale aswell.

Its getting near to the stage where I may owe young Gill an apology as he has developed alot in the last 6 months. Never rated him in the academy at all.

Id say Obertan will get an hour and be replaced by King, hopefully with a view to making the first team bench at the weekend.

I know we have been pegging Obertan as a winger, but it has been said many times that he can play anywhere in attack.

I think there is a chance he could be played as the support player from midfield, centrally. Brady on the left. Hewson and Norwood have been played on the right before, haven't they? Also, with Raf bombing down the wing, we don't need a massively offensive winger. We need someone who can play a bit on the right, but also someone who can cover Raf's runs.